Forever young

I allow myself to;

• sweep & mop the kitchen floor so I can endlessly play with my dollar store jacks
• write in my "Hello Kitty" dollar store journal - complete w/a lock & key
• indulge in a big bowl of Captain Crunch
• while watching marathons of The Flintstones, Munsters & Addams Family
• stop & complete any random hopscotch a child has drawn w/side walk chalk
• never step on a crack - don't wanna break my mama's back (LOL!)
  
• challenge my son to a game of HORSE @ the basketball courts
• belt out the verses to the hand-game "Miss Mary Mack-Mack-Mack...."
  
• stand behind the fence @ home plate & itch to get out on the soft ball field
• get down really close to watch ants, spiders & catepillers go about their lives
  
• make funny shapes out of the billions of bubbles while taking a bubble bath
• laugh, deeply & heartily, a lot
• try my hand with PlayDough. It's come a long way...
• discover new things & places w/the wonderment of a child
• spend time throwing rocks into the pond
• racing my son to the car because...
• .... whoever's last is a rotten egg
• watch old episodes of "the Mummy" , "Dracula & "the Werewolf" w/ the covers bunched up around my eyes
• ride my bike, then let go of the handle bars while screaming...
• ..."LOOK MA - NO HANDS!! (to the embarrassment of my son... :-))
• sitting on the floor "Indian Style" to watch a movie, or read a book or ... just sit
• swing high, free & long @ any park I pass w/swings
• ditto for the monkey bars, while wishing I was still nimble enuff to 'skin-the-cat'
• sit in the back yard & blow bubbles for hours
• sing along w/songs I remember from Sesame Street ("come & play; everything's A-okay...."
• belt out the words to any "School House Rock" ("I'm Just A Bill...")
• laugh hysterically @ the same episodes of "The Three Stooges" that I laughed at 40 years ago
  
• Lay on my bed to read snuggled amongst my 2 giant teddy bears, "Morris Day" & "Cher"
• look at listen & to my mother w/the same admiration I had when I was a little girl
• cause i still see her as the same glamorous elegant beauty queen
• still browse thru my copies of old Nancy Drew, Charlotte's Web, Where the Red Fern Grows & Little Women

and I do these things because it's never too late to have a happy childhood.**




**Carry On Tuesday Archives.

Pictures by: me;

the picture of the swings was submitted to our local newspaper & printed. So proud of seeing the caption, "Tracey D. Kenard captures her idea of springtime." :-)

The gorgeous baby girl is my great-niece, Amelia. She filled our visit with a boatload of love... & joy (as you can see...)